The Evae transgression: a major event? [PDF]
The most extensive sea-level event of the Early Ordovician is known as the Evae transgression. During the highstand of this event, the conodont index species Oepikodus evae reached its acme and often coincided with the peak in conodont generic diversity.
Gisella M. Della Costa +1 more
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Ordovician collections stored at the National Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine [PDF]
We reviewed our departmentâs collections dealing with the Ordovician System, stored at the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NMNH NAS).
Galyna Anfimova, Volodymyr Grytsenko
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Late Ordovician gastropods from the Zhaolaoyu Formation in the southwestern margin of the North China Platform [PDF]
The Ordos Basin is located in the western part of the North China Platform and is the second largest sedimentary basin in China; the basin has a huge thickness of the Early Palaeozoic marine deposits, especially the Ordovician ones.
Rao Fu +6 more
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Note complementaire sur les echinodermes ordoviciens de Sierra Morena
[fr] Une nouvelle espéce du genre Calix est décrite, le genre Batalleria est redécrit, la présence de Phlyctocystis dans les Monts de Toléde-Sierra Morena est confirmée, et celle de Destombesia est signalée.
J. Chauvel, B. Meléndez
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Early Tremadocian cephalopods from Santa Rosita Formation in NW Argentina: the oldest record for South America [PDF]
We describe early Tremadocian (Kainella meridionalis Biozone) cephalopods from the Cordillera Oriental, Jujuy, NW Argentina. They consist of numerous small specimens collected at the Quebrada de Arenal, Trancas section, near the town of Tilcara, in the
MARCELA CICHOWOLSKI +5 more
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The only known cyclopygid–‘atheloptic’ trilobite fauna from North America: the upper Ordovician fauna of the Pyle Mountain Argillite and its palaeoenvironmental significance [PDF]
The trilobite fauna of the upper Ordovician (middle Katian) Pyle Mountain Argillite comprises a mixture of abundant mesopelagic cyclopygids and other pelagic taxa and a benthic fauna dominated by trilobites lacking eyes.
Bruton, D.L. +3 more
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Systematics, morphology, and appendages of an Early Ordovician pilekiine trilobite Anacheirurus from Fezouata Shale and the early diversification of Cheiruridae [PDF]
Pilekiines are the earliest diverging members of the successful trilobite family Cheiruridae. The pilekiine genus Anacheirurus is characterized by sub-quadratic to sub-oval glabella, pitted genae, and a distinct trunk with elongated pleural spines in ...
FRANCESC PÉREZ-PERIS +3 more
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On the Upper Ordovician unconformity in the Pyrenees : new evidence from the La Cerdanya area [PDF]
In recent years, contradictory reports about whether or not an unconformity exists at the base of the Upper Ordovician succession of the Pyrenees have been made.
Fernández, Óscar +4 more
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EVENT STRATIGRAPHY AND CORRELATION PROBLEMS OF THE ORDOVICIAN STRATA OF GORNY ALTAI AND SALAIR
Study of the Ordovician sedimentary sequences of Gorny Altai and Salair has revealed lithological and paleontological features correlating with global sedimentary events:(1) The Acerocare Regressive Event (an initial event in the Early Tremadocian);(2 ...
N. V. Sennikov +5 more
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The cephalopods of the Boda Limestone, Late Ordovician, of Dalarna, Sweden [PDF]
The late Katian, Late Ordovician Boda Limestone of Dalarna, Sweden contains a rich cephalopod assemblage. The assemblage consists of 61 species, in 31 genera, comprising almost all major Ordovician cephalopod orders.
Kröger, Björn +3 more
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